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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds in drinking water pose health risks at levels so low they cannot currently be detected. Most uses of “forever chemicals” known as PFOA and PFOS have been voluntarily phased out by U.S. manufacturers. But there
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released on Wednesday nine months of crash data from vehicles using driver-assist technologies like Tesla Autopilot as well as fully autonomous vehicles like Waymo’s robotaxis. NHTSA broke crash data into two categories based on the level of the autonomous systems: driver-assist systems — which
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By The Associated Press The European Central Bank has vowed to come up with a new, unspecified market backstop that could be used to buffer some countries against bond market turmoil similar to what shook the 19-country eurozone during a debt crisis more than a decade ago. The statement came after an unscheduled meeting of
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Juan Pablo Elverdin Londres (CNN Business) — El bitcoin no detiene su caída y esta semana cotiza justo por encima de los US$ 20.000 este miércoles, ya que la venta de criptomonedas muestra pocas señales de disminuir. La criptomoneda más valiosa del mundo cayó alrededor de un 15% desde el lunes, y casi un tercio
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Amber Heard is afraid of potentially being sued again by her ex-husband Johnny Depp – even as she admits to still loving him. That was revealed in the second portion of Heard’s exclusive interview with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie, Heard’s first since the high-profile defamation trial between her and Depp.
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — Ikea says it’s seeking new owners for its four factories in Russia and to liquidate its product inventory there because of the war in Ukraine. The world’s biggest furniture brand already had suspended operations at its 17 Russian stores and paused exports and imports involving the country. It also paused operations in
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Ford is recalling 2.9 million vehicles that might not shift into the correct gear and could move in an unintended direction. The National Highway Safety Administration says it has six reports of property damage and four reports of injuries potentially related to the problem. Among the problems, the transmission on
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Wednesday approved the deployment of up to 50 soldiers to join a European Union military mission in Bosnia. The deployment, which still has to be signed off on by Parliament, would be authorized until June 30, 2023. Defense Ministry spokesman David Helmbold said the troops would be deployed
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By Rob Picheta and Hafsa Khalil, CNN The US could be vaccinating infants, toddlers and preschoolers against Covid-19 within days. Vaccine advisers at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are meeting Wednesday to discuss extending the emergency use authorization of Moderna’s and Pfizer/BioNTech’s shots to those aged six months and older. It comes a day
Continue Reading CNN, GETTY IMAGES, BIONTECH, BARBARA BRIGHAM By Rob Picheta and Hafsa Khalil, CNN The US could be vaccinating infants, toddlers and preschoolers against Covid-19 within days. Vaccine advisers at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are meeting Wednesday to discuss extending the emergency use authorization of Moderna’s and Pfizer/BioNTech’s shots to those aged six months
Continue ReadingCNN By David Shortell, CNN The man charged last week with the attempted murder of Justice Brett Kavanaugh was convinced to call 911 on himself by his sister as he stood nearby the judge’s Maryland home, law enforcement said Tuesday. In a statement, Marcus Jones, the chief of police in Montgomery County, Maryland, where Kavanaugh
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to establish an infectious disease crisis management agency to better prepare for future pandemics. Kishida, marking the end of the current parliamentary session with weeks to go until July 10 national elections, says Japan has managed to significantly slow
Continue ReadingBy Mia Alberti, Rodrigo Pedroso, Jorge Engels, Camilo Rocha and Philip Wang, CNN The Brazilian ambassador to the UK has apologized to the family of missing journalist Dom Phillips after they were wrongly told that two bodies had been found in the search operation. Phillips’ family told CNN in an email that Fred Arruda, Brazil’s
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military said it used long-range missiles Wednesday to destroy a depot in the western Lviv region of Ukraine where ammunition for NATO-supplied weapons was being stored. Those strikes came as fighting raged for the city of Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas
Continue ReadingCNN By Travis Caldwell and Joe Sutton, CNN Extreme heat is forecast again for a large swath of the US on Wednesday, testing power grids and leaving nearly 100 million people from Michigan to northern Florida under heat warnings and advisories. Temperatures could soar as much as 20 degrees above average, pushing heat indexes well
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Korean War. Although hostilities ceased in 1953, there has been no formal end to the war. Causes of the Korean War Under Japanese rule before and during World War II, Korea was divided into two parts after the Japanese surrender. The Soviet Union occupied the area north
Continue Reading BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — An Israeli court on Wednesday found a Gaza aid worker guilty of several terrorism charges. Mohammed el-Halabi, who was the Gaza director for the international Christian charity World Vision from 2014 until his arrest in 2016, was accused of diverting tens of millions of dollars to the Islamic militant group Hamas
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mitch Daniels, former governor of Indiana. Personal Birth date: April 7, 1949 Birth place: Monongahela, Pennsylvania Birth name: Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr. Father: Mitchell Daniels Sr., drug company salesman Mother: Dorothy Mae (Wilkes) Daniels Marriage: Cheri (Herman) Daniels (1997-present and May 20, 1978-1994, divorced) Children:
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets were poised to rebound Wednesday ahead of expected action from the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in its ongoing effort to cool inflation. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6% and futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.8% while oil prices dipped. Economists believe the Fed
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets were poised to rebound Wednesday ahead of expected action from the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in its ongoing effort to cool inflation. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6% and futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.8% while oil prices dipped. Economists believe the Fed
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